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“A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful.”
― If This Is a Man • The Truce
― If This Is a Man • The Truce
“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”
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“The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious.”
― On the Concept of History
― On the Concept of History
“Those who deny Auschwitz would be ready to remake it.”
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“We must be listened to: above and beyond our personal experience, we have collectively witnessed a fundamental unexpected event, fundamental precisely because unexpected, not foreseen by anyone. It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say. It can happen, and it can happen everywhere.”
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Olga’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Olga’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
541 books
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30 friends
451 books
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37 friends
186 books
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5,001 friends
691 books
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35 friends
1,053 books
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30 friends
516 books
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43 friends
736 books
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313 friends
765 books
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60 friends
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